Favorite films

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  The Conversation 1974

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  not a cellphone in sight, just people being present in the moment.

  maybe the cure for male loneliness is a saxaphone.

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  Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022

  ★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  a little sweet.
  weird seeing the actors age in a higher resolution than when they were young.
  i don’t know that i need any more of these.

Popular reviews

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★★ Watched 05 Oct 2024

  are you familiar with Nick tahous?
  the landmark eatery celebrated for its "Garbage Plate," a mash-up of meats, fries, salads & sauces?

  this was that.

  maximalism.

  you can take what you want from this movie.
  it has everything and everything is mixed up and lost and messy.  

  if you’re in the mood for that it’s fantastic.

  this is self portrait and seemingly every thought coppola has ever had or subject he’s been interested in on full display.

  people are going to love this movie in 10 years.

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Dec 2024

  hot take, didn’t love.
  kind of slow.
  wanted more scares.

  well made and perfect performances.
  still very interested in the eggers project.

  maybe it was bogged down by reverence to the source material?

  to be fair my theater experience was lacking; it was a dark film and people regularly got up to leave the theater, often leaving the door a jar and letting light in.

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